BILL NUMBER: SJR 34	CHAPTERED  09/12/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   137
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 12, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 28, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   AUGUST 7, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Perata

                        AUGUST 7, 2000

   Senate Joint Resolution No. 34--Relative to Rosie the
Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SJR 34, Perata.  Home Front National Historic Park.
   This measure would request the Congress and the President of the
United States to enact legislation that would establish the Rosie the
Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park.




   WHEREAS, Thousands of women and men came to Richmond, California,
in the 1940s to produce warships, tanks, and other key items that
helped the Allies win World War II; and
   WHEREAS, H.R. 3910, introduced by Representative George Miller in
the 105th Congress, provided for a feasibility study by the National
Park Service to determine whether Rosie the Riveter Park is suitable
for designation as a National Park Service Affiliated site; and
   WHEREAS, The findings by the National Park Service are that it is
feasible, suitable, and appropriate to designate the Rosie the
Riveter Memorial as an Affiliated Area in the National Park System,
and that the entire publicly-owned area formerly occupied by the
Kaiser Richmond shipyards and the Ford Assembly Building should be
the site of the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National
Historical Park; and
   WHEREAS, In the 106th Congress, Representative Miller has
introduced H.R.  4063 in the House of Representatives, and Senators
Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein have introduced S. 2294 in the
Senate, which would establish in Richmond, California, the Rosie the
Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park; and
   WHEREAS, H.R. 4063 is co-sponsored by Representatives David E.
Bonior, Donna M. Christian-Christensen, Rosa L. DeLauro, Lane Evans,
Rond Kind, Patsy K. Mink, Bruce F. Vento, Sherrod Brown, Pan Danner,
Julian C. Dixon, Martin Frost, Barbara Lee, and Lucille
Roybal-Allard; and
   WHEREAS, The enactment of H.R. 4063 and S. 2294 would recognize
and salute the role of the home front during World War
II--particularly the significant changes in the lives of women and
minorities; and
   WHEREAS, The City of Richmond and the citizens of Richmond have
funded virtually all of the land acquisition, infrastructure, and
improvements necessary for the establishment of the Rosie the
Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park; and
   WHEREAS, Establishment of the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home
Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, will bring
prestige to all of California and honor to all Americans whose
relatives participated in the home front effort to win World War II;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of California,
jointly, That the Legislature of the State of California memorializes
the Congress and the President of the United States to enact H.R.
4063 and S.  2294, which would establish in Richmond, California, the
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park;
and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States,
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and each Senator and
Representative from California in the Congress of the United States.
